(National Post-Canada) Avi Benlolo and Richard L. Cravatts - The cause of anti-Israelism on college campuses is starting to fall out of fashion. First, the changing landscape in the Middle East is making Palestinian propaganda untenable. Second is the growing global acceptance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. According to the IHRA definition, if the behavior of individuals on campus involves "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a state of Israel is a racist endeavor," "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis" or "holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel," then those expressions are not mere political commentary, but are, in fact, anti-Semitic. Avi Benlolo is a human rights activist. Richard L. Cravatts is president emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
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